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i ToY AIR GUN. No. 347,244. Patented Aug. 10.1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

PETER DAVIS HORTON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TOY AIR-GUN.

SPECIFICATION forming pm of Letters Patent No. 347,244, dated August 1o, 1886.

Application filed March 11. 1886. Serial No. 194,885. (No model.)

.To all whom it 11i/ay concern.-

Be itk nown that I, PETER DAVIS HoRToN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Toy Air-Gun, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an elastic bulb or air-container, in the mouth of which atube is placed, having the inner end thereofmade bell shape, and the edges of the outer end of the tube made beveling. Within the tube is placed a wad or stopper cut from a vegetablesuch as a potato or apple-in which is placed vertically a vane or feather, so that when pressure is applied to the elastic bulb the cork or stopper willbe forced out of the tube and upward into the air, making a report as the wad leaves the tube, and when descending will rotate or gyrate and fall gracefully to the ground, all of which will be hereinafter fully described.

Referring to the laccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a plan or general view of my toy air-gun.

Fig. 2 shows the neck of the bulb and tube in section.

The bulb, sack, or air-container A of my toy gun is made of india-rubber, or other elastic material that will hold air without leakage when pressure is applied to it, and is provided with a neck ot' considerable length,to the outer end ot' which is made a band, B. Within the neck is placed a metal or other tube, C, having its inner end vila-ring, with a somewhatrounding iiange, as at Clso that it will press against the inner face of the neck of the bulb and prevent the air from escaping around the outside of the tube between it and the neck, and thereby prevent the necessary report when the wad or stopper is forced out. Both sides of the edge of the outer end of the tube are slightly beveled to a sort of a case-knife edge, as at D, for I have found in practice that if the end of the tube be cut with a square eut the report that takes'place as the wad or stopper leaves the tube will not be so great,

and, besides, the wad forloading the tube can be more easily cut out by this method of construction. The tube is confined in the neck of t-he "air-bulb by Ineans of a small wire wrapped around the outside, back of the bead.

VIn practice, when a vegetable-such as an appleor potato-is used for awad or stopper,

a slice is cut from it of suitable thickness, and the end of the tube is thrust into it and withdrawn, leaving the core or wad in the bore, and by pressure upon the air-bulb the wad or stopper will y out, making a report.

In order to increase the pleasing effect of the toy, Iinsert the tail end of afeather, E, in the wad,which forms a sort ofvane or'tail, so

that when the wad is fired out it will gradually decend to the ground, gyrating as it falls ina very pretty and pleasing manner. For a more permanent wad or stopper I employ a cork,

'which may be covered with a thin coating of 1. The toy air-gun herein desciibed, cony sisting of an elastic bulb or air-container having a tube in the neck thereof, in which 1s placed a wad or cork provided with a vane or tail, as specified.

2. Atoy air-gun consisting of an elastic bulb or air container, and a wad-holding tube iu the neck thereof, the said tube having its inner end flaring, with a rounded edge, and its outer end beveled, as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

PETER DAVIS HORTON. [L s] XV i tnesses:

G. W. M. SMITH, GaAs. E. KELLY. 

